How Television Commentary Affects Children's Judgments on Soccer Fouls

An experiment was designed to investigate how television commentary during soccer matches affects children's judgments on aggressive fouls. Dutch children (N = 96) from grades 5 and6 watcheda series of fouls on video with three types of commentary: disapproving, neutral, or approving. When the...

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Published in:Communication research 2002-02, Vol.29 (1), p.31-45
Main Authors: Beentjes, Johannes W. J., Van Oordt, Marianne, Van Der Voort, Tom H. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Aggression
Aggressiveness
Behavior
Children & youth
College Students
Epistemology
Experiments
Grade 5
Ice hockey
Imitation
Interpersonal Relationship
Mass Media Effects
Modeling (Psychology)
Observation
Observational Learning
Soccer
Sports officiating
Sports rules
Sportscasters
Team Sports
Television
Television programs
Tournaments & championships
University students
Victims of Crime
Violence
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Summary:An experiment was designed to investigate how television commentary during soccer matches affects children's judgments on aggressive fouls. Dutch children (N = 96) from grades 5 and6 watcheda series of fouls on video with three types of commentary: disapproving, neutral, or approving. When the commentator disapproved of the players' aggressive actions, children rejected the fouls more strongly than when the commentator approvedof the actions. The commentary effect was found with fouls among two foreign players, fouls by foreign players against Dutch players, andfouls by Dutch players against foreign players. The commentary effect appeared to apply not only to children who did not particularly like soccer matches on television but even to children who fancied the genre.
ISSN:0093-6502
1552-3810
DOI:10.1177/0093650202029001002